http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/ Engadget Comments for STAReBOOK e-book reader to hit China, US next month http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
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Kinda like when consoles sell out their first shipment...]]>Oct 14th 2006 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 14th 2006 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
Honestly right now I am carrying a few important O'Reilly pdf's on my PSP and view them with a homebrew (none of this is illegal btw Engadget, so please don't trash this post) piece of software. It has helped me countless times when I needed to look something up quickly (well, kind of quickly... takes a few seconds to jump multiple pages), but I much rather have an eBook solution such as this/Sony's product.

- Tony R.]]>Oct 14th 2006 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 15th 2006 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.lightwedge.com/ ) scaled to fit the display, or integral sidelighting in a the reading device.]]>Oct 14th 2006 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 14th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
I think what they could do though is something along the lines of lightwedge. LED light across the plexiglass cover - integrate it into the device.

But until they do, I throw it out there that if reading in the dark is so important to you, can always get a lightwedge at B&N for $2-30 and put it on top of your ereader...]]>Oct 14th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 14th 2006 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 15th 2006 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
Does anyone one know what format the new e-book readers will have? If it is pdf I will probably buy because at least that format seems to have a lot of choice.

Of course my ideal would be that you buy a physical book and get a free download of it or if not free maybe a dollar or extra.]]>Oct 15th 2006 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
What I really want, tlc, is a consumer OLPC. It would be sunlight readable in black-and-white mode, like e-ink. It could be read without (thought-by-some-to-be-eye-straining) backlight, like e-ink. It's low-power, like e-ink. Its 1200x900 screen has a higher pixel count than Sony/Amazon/etc's 800x600 or iLiad's 1024x768, and its 200dpi beats their 166 and 158 numbers. While essentially beating e-ink at its own game, the screen can _also_ have a backlight (which some quite like in an ereader), can do color, and is an actual computer that can do web browsing, email, and other stuff. And it can do it all for less than Sony's price.
THIS is the ereader-plus I want to replace my eBookwise with.



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I've owned a lot of ebook devices (franklin, franklin, etc...). I currently used a ppc because I had it with me, but now I'm a crackberry user so I don't have that anymore.

Anyway, it's not going to appeal to everyone - that's for sure. But some of us are hardcore readers - we like to have several books with us at a time - not to mention need to carry multiple reference documents, etc...

My only hold back would be content availability, I'll wait for the major rollout to see what people say...

As for the light wedge, I think it'd still work - regardless of the bezel, but until I get my hands on one I won't know for sure. Maybe they'll let me test it out at sonystyle...]]>Oct 15th 2006 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 15th 2006 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/]]>Oct 15th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/
Both use the same screen, but the chinese and unknown brand is more expensive than the sony branded]]>Oct 16th 2006 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/14/starebook-e-book-reader-to-hit-china-us-next-month/Oct 16th 2006 2:12PM